Polls have consistently shown that Le Pen, the Front National leader, will make it to the final round run-off next May, but that it would be difficult for her to win. A last-minute surge in the polls by Fillon, however, means the selection of two candidates to go through to the final round remains wide open. Never!’ Alain Juppé’s home city rallies to Le Pen challenger Read moreJuppé used his last rally in Lille to warn against Fillon. Fillon attracted huge crowds at his final rally in Paris, where he promised radical free-market reform. Whoever wins the final round on 27 November will instantly become the favourite to take the presidency next spring.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2016 12:26 UTC